A celebrated send-up of gothic literature, beautifully adapted into a dark, brooding, and oddly comical graphic novel. Somewhere in the night, a raven caws, an author's pen scratches, and thunder claps. The author wants to write fiction: stories about frail women in white nightgowns, mysterious bumps in the night, and the undead rising to collect old debts. But he keeps getting interrupted by the everyday annoyances of talking ravens, duels to the death, and his sinister butler.
Shane Oakley beautifully illustrates New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman's satirical tale.
Published on: 2017-02-07
Released on: 2017-02-07
Original language: English
Dimensions: 10.50" h x .40" w x 6.90" l, .0 pounds
Binding: Hardcover
48 pages
About the Author
Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, and now lives in the United States near Minneapolis. As a child he discovered his love of books, reading, and stories, devouring the works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Branch Cabell, Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Moorcock, Ursula K. LeGuin, Gene Wolfe, and G.K. Chesterton. A self-described "feral child who was raised in libraries," Gaiman credits librarians with fostering a life-long love of reading: "I wouldn't be who I am without libraries. I was the sort of kid who devoured books, and my happiest times as a boy were when I persuaded my parents to drop me off in the local library on their way to work, and I spent the day there. I discovered that librarians actually want to help you: they taught me about interlibrary loans." Neil Gaiman's work has been honoured with many awards internationally, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. His books and stories have also been honoured with 4 Hugos, 2 Nebulas, 1 World Fantasy Award, 4 Bram Stoker Awards, 6 Locus Awards, 2 British SF Awards, 1 British Fantasy Award, 3 Geffens, 1 International Horror Guild Award and 2 Mythopoeic Awards.
NEW HARDCOVER DELUXE EDITION! Now a major motion picture!
- Definitive new edition supervised by creator Shirow Masamune
- In the original, right-to-left format with Japanese sound effects for the first time!
- Brand new bonus content
- Released simultaneously with deluxe editions of The Ghost in the Shell 1.5 and 2
Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers" who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interface and reprogramming humans to become puppets to carry out the hackers' criminal ends.
Published on: 2017-02-21
Released on: 2017-02-21
Original language: English
Dimensions: 10.30" h x 1.00" w x 7.30" l,
Binding: Hardcover
352 pages
Review
"Ghost in the Shell is one of my favorite stories." - Steven Spielberg
"A stunning work of speculative fiction." - James Cameron
“This is a work of profound and melancholic beauty; every bit as essential in the 21st century as it was in the 20th.” - Telegraph
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